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Two new bus services to launch with debut of Tuas West Extension

SINGAPORE — Two new bus services will be launched when the Tuas West Extension on the East West Line (EWL) starts operations on June 18, the Land Transport Authority said yesterday.

SINGAPORE — Two new bus services will be launched when the Tuas West Extension on the East West Line (EWL) starts operations on June 18, the Land Transport Authority said yesterday.

Service 247 will operate from Tuas Bus Terminal and serve Tuas Crescent and Tuas Biomedical Park I, going past Tuas Crescent and Tuas Link stations. Service 248 will serve Tuas Biomedical Park II, and be accessible to commuters transferring from the MRT at Tuas West Road and Tuas Link stations.

The LTA also said that two existing bus services in the area — Services 254 and 192 — will have their routes tweaked, taking into account the routes the new services will ply. Services 256 and 258 will also be integrated as one service, 258.

Information on the new, amended or existing public bus services in that area will be available at all affected bus stops, bus interchanges, and on buses, as well as at the LTA and SBS Transit websites.

Gul Circle, Tuas Crescent, Tuas West Road and Tuas Link form the new 7.5km extension beyond Joo Koon, the current last stop on the EWL.

The Tuas West Extension is expected to serve 100,000 commuters every day. Travelling time for those working in the Jurong and Tuas industrial estates could be shortened — by as much as 35 minutes for those going from Ang Mo Kio to Tuas West — as a bus transfer would no longer be necessary.

The TWE was initially scheduled to open by the end of last year, but the launch was pushed back because the new signalling system it runs on — the same as the one being tested on the North-South Line — needed to undergo more tests to ensure reliability.

The project included the construction of the Tuas Viaduct, which opened on Feb 18, as well as a 26ha integrated depot that provides stabling and maintenance facilities for as many as 60 trains.

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